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Computer-delivered Tests Schedule See the list of tests rolling out on computer-delivered testing this fall.
New Regenerated Tests for 2013–2014 See the list of regenerated assessments for the upcoming testing year. Read more >
Upcoming Multistate Standard Setting Studies Mark your calendar for upcoming Multistate Standard Setting Studies (MSSS) dates. Read more >
Testing Windows See 2013–2014 paper and computer-delivered test administration dates. Read more >
Fall Praxis™ Webinar Schedule for Candidates Praxis webinar dates announced. Read more >
2013 Praxis Program Update Webinars Save the date for the Praxis Program Update Webinars in November. Read more >
New Educator Assessment Developments Learn more about the new developing educator assessments. Read more >
To download a PDF version of The Praxis Series™ newsletter For more information on The Praxis Series, go to www.ets.org/praxis.
Computer-delivered Tests Schedule The Praxis™ program continues to offer candidates additional computer-delivered tests, and we will be adding 23 new or regenerated test titles on computer by the end of this testing year. See below for the list of tests moving to computer-delivered testing during the 2013–2014 testing year. Computer-delivered Rollout Schedule for 2013–2014 Test Code Test Title
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Test Code Test Title Available in October 2013 5038
English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (Regenerated 5041)
5039
English Language Arts: Content and Analysis (Regenerated 5044)
5047
Middle School English Language Arts (Regenerated 5049)
5161
Mathematics: Content Knowledge (Regenerated 5061)
5169
Middle School Mathematics (Regenerated 0069)
5203
Teaching Reading: Elementary Education (Regenerated 5201)
5551
Health Education (Regenerated 5550)
5712
Core Academic Skills For Educators: Reading (Regenerated 5710)
5722
Core Academic Skills For Educators: Writing (Regenerated 5720)
5732
Core Academic Skills For Educators: Mathematics (Regenerated 5730)
Available in December 2013 5221
Speech Communication: Content Knowledge
5342
Audiology
Available in February 2014 5114
Music: Content and Instruction
5361
English to Speakers of Other Languages
Available in April 2014 5272
Special Education: Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
5282
Special Education: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
5372
Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disturbances
5383
Special Education: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
Available in July 2014 5051
Technology Education
5391
Psychology
5691
Special Education: Preschool/Early Childhood
5841
World Languages Pedagogy
5881
Special Education: Teaching Speech to Students with Language Impairments
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New Regenerated Tests for 2013–2014 The Praxis program will be rolling out 13 newly regenerated assessments in the 2013–2014 testing year. Nine of the new tests have been redesigned to align to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), including the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators tests in Reading, Writing and Mathematics, and Praxis II® Mathematics and English Language Arts tests for Middle School and Secondary Education. Test Code
Test Title
Test to replace
Notes
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Test Code Test Title
Test to replace
Notes
0372/5372 Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disturbances
0371 Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disturbances
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study
0391/5391 Psychology
0390 Psychology
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study
5511
Fundamental Subjects
NA
Regenerated test; changes to categories only
5038
English Language Arts: Content Knowledge
0041/5041 English Language, Literature, & Composition: Content Knowledge
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5039
English Language Arts: Content and Analysis
0044/5044 English Language, Literature, & Composition: Content & Analysis
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5047
Middle School English Language Arts
0049/5049 Middle School English Language Arts
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5161
Mathematics: Content Knowledge
0061/5061 Mathematics: Content Knowledge
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5169
Middle School Mathematics
0069 Middle School Mathematics
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5203
Teaching Reading: Elementary Education
0201/5201 Reading Across the Curriculum: Elementary
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS,IRA, & National Reading Panel
5551
Health Education
0550/5550 Health Education
Moves to Praxis scale with changes to categories
5712
Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading
0710/5710 Praxis I® Reading
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5722
Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing
0720/5720 Praxis I Writing
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
5732
Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics
0730/5730 Praxis I Mathematics
Regenerated test with Multistate Standard Setting Study; aligned with CCSS
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Upcoming Multistate Standard Setting Studies The new testing year begins with the continuation of National Advisory Committee (NAC) meetings, the regeneration of test titles and Multistate Standard-Setting Studies (MSSS) to keep the test content fresh, relevant and current with changing requirements for prospective teachers. Below is the list of upcoming MSSS for new test titles and regenerated tests. Test Name (Test Code)
Multistate Standard-Setting Study Date
Family and Consumer Sciences (5122)
September 9–10,12–13 (2013)
Special Ed: Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities (5322) September 30–October 1 (2013) Agriculture (5701)
October 7–8, 21–22 (2013)
School Psychologist (5402)
November 7–8 (2013)
Health and Physical Education (5857)
November 14–15 (2013)
Gifted Education (5358)
November 18–19 (2013)
Sociology (5952)
December 5–6 (2013)
Speech Language Pathology (5331)
January (2014)
Education of Young Children (5024)
February (2014)
To find the dates for the MSSS and test administrations, please see the Schedule at a Glance on the States and Agencies website. For any questions or concerns, please contact your Client Relations Director. Back to top ^
Testing Windows Test administration dates have been scheduled for the 2013–2014 test year, and the dates are listed below. Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (5014), Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (5011), and the computer-delivered PPST tests (5710, 5720, 5730, 5750) are administered continuously. Candidates who are taking other tests by computer now have eight two-week windows and one one-week window to take their computer-delivered test. Candidates who are taking their tests on paper have four test administration dates. Testing for World Languages is available in five one-week testing windows. Visit the Praxis website to find out which tests are offered during each testing window or test date, as not all tests are offered in every testing administration. Computer-delivered Testing Windows 10/7/2013–10/19/2013 12/9/2013–12/21/2013 1/13/2014–1/25/2014 2/3/2014–2/15/2014 4/7/2014–4/19/2014 5/12/2014–5/24/2014 6/16/2014–6/21/2014 7/14/2014–7/26/2014 8/4/2014–8/16/2014
World Language Testing Windows
Paper-delivered Test Dates
10/28/13–11/2/2013 11/29/13–12/7/2013 2/24/14–3/1/2014 4/28/14–5/3/2014 7/28/14–8/2/2014
9/21/2013 11/2/2013 3/8/2014 6/7/2014
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Fall Praxis Webinar Schedule for Candidates ETS offers free live webinars to help candidates succeed as they prepare for teacher licensure. These webinars offer in-depth information, study plan examples and the opportunity to interact and ask questions. Topics include test overviews, free resources for test preparation and tips for reducing test anxiety. Registration opens approximately two weeks prior to the webinar date, and we encourage candidates to participate and register early. Upcoming webinars dates: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET For more information, visit our Test Preparation Webinars page. Back to top ^
2013 Praxis Program Update Webinars The 2013 Praxis Program Update Webinars are coming up in November. During these five webinars, we'll share the progress we've made to The Praxis Series™ program since we last met at our annual meeting. We will be offering the same 90-minute sessions on four different dates and times in an effort to best meet your schedule. Each session will be led by a different Praxis Client Relations Director. DATE
TIME
PRESENTER
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
3 p.m. ET
Kathy Pruner
Thursday, November 7, 2013
10:30 a.m. ET
Malik McKinley
Friday, November 8, 2013
3 p.m. ET
Cory Murphy
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
3 p.m. ET
Terry Owens
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
10:30 a.m. ET
Cathy Owens-Oliver
At these meetings, state clients will be updated on the Praxis program and have the opportunity to network with colleagues. Also, during these meetings, we will: Update you on Praxis computer-delivered testing Discuss progress on the revised Praxis tests and the Common Core Bring you up-to-date on the program's most recent developments Listen to your feedback on how we're doing in supporting you and your candidates An invitation email with registration information will be sent to you in the next month. For more information on the meeting, contact your Praxis Client Relations Director. Back to top ^
New Educator Assessment Developments Missouri Pre-Service Assessment — ETS was recently awarded a contract by the Missouri Department of Education to provide a pre-service, performance-based assessment to teacher candidates, school leaders, librarians and guidance counselors. Development work on these new assessments has already begun. The pilot is underway for the pre-service teacher assessment, which ETS will be launching in the fall of 2014. For more information, visit the website at http://mega.ets.org/. Praxis™ Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT) — ETS is also developing a Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers that can be used by states across the country. This assessment will be aligned with InTASC Standards and Common Core Standards, and have both formative and summative tasks. The assessment, including the submission of feedback from observations, video and
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work samples/artifacts will be completely online and allow for reflective dialogue and professional interactions between candidates and their university and cooperating instructors. The Praxis program is working with states in the development of task requirements and guiding prompts and rubrics, and will pilot the program in January of 2014. A full launch is anticipated in 2014. Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators® (GACE®)— ETS was chosen to develop new GACE teacher certification assessments. Each assessment is aligned with state and national standards for educator preparation and with Georgia state standards for the P–12 student curriculum — the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS). Registration for the new program opened on August 19, 2013, and the first administration will occur on October 5, 2013. For more information, please visit www.gace.ets.org. Back to top ^
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